From: Robert THOMPSON, Avocat Honoraire au Barreau de Boulogne-sur-Mer, Retired Solicitor (Honours), England and Wales, RIMBOVAL, FRANCE (more…)
January 2006
Tue 10 Jan 2006
Letter to President Bush with reference to the Nuremberg Principles
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Mon 9 Jan 2006
The Unitary Executive: Is The Doctrine Behind the Bush Presidency Consistent with a Democratic State?
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , DemocracyNo Comments
By JENNIFER VAN BERGEN Findlaw Monday, Jan. 09, 2006
When President Bush signed the new law, sponsored by Senator McCain, restricting the use of torture when interrogating detainees, he also issued a Presidential signing statement (more…)
Mon 9 Jan 2006
[John Pilger mentions the Help the Needy Case and Dr. Dhafir in this article.]
By John Pilger 01/09/06 Â Cover story,The New Statesman
“The rights of ordinary people to speak out against an unjust war and atrocities unleashed in their name are being crushed. Fascism is at the door. Who else, asks John Pilger, will fight it?” (more…)
Mon 9 Jan 2006
URGENT APPEAL TO SAVE IRAQ’S ACADEMICS
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** Visit the Dahr Jamail Iraq website **
*URGENT APPEAL TO SAVE IRAQ’S ACADEMICS: Sign the petition online
A little known aspect of the tragedy engulfing Iraq is the systematic
liquidation of the country’s academics (more…)
Sat 7 Jan 2006
At this site: www.progressive.org/mccarthy
Fri 6 Jan 2006
This site that explores the similarities between what is happening now and what happens under fascist rule: www.nightslantern.ca/fascism.htm
Fri 6 Jan 2006
Academic Freedom American Occupation Style
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In a concerted effort to empty Iraq of its national wealth, its
scientists, scholars, academics, notables and intellectuals, there has
been a campaign of assasination carried out since the occupation (more…)
Fri 6 Jan 2006
Locked up in the Bush administration’s “war on terror:” His “crime” was to help desperate Iraqis
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , Dhafir by othersNo Comments
[Katherine: The article below was written in early January 2004 and gives a good summary of where the case was at that time. Glenn Suddaby, the US Attorney prosecuting the case (more…)